Egg-case.



' No. 732,413. PATENTED JUNE sq,"1903..

R. w. HURD. EGG CASE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1. 1902. N0 MODEL.

mun 11k UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

RALPH W. HURD, OF MASON CITY, IOWA.-

EGG-CASE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,413, dated June 30,1903. Application filed November 1, 1902. Serial No. lZQ,718. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known thatI, RALPH W. HURD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mason City, in the county of Cerro Gordo and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Case, of which the following is aspecification.

My device consists of an improved packing and candling device foreggs,whereby the eggs may be more conveniently and rapidly handled thanby the old system of crating the eggs in layers, necessitating theremoval and examination of the eggs one at a time. In my device onedozen eggs may be candled at a time without removing the eggs from theirpackage.

Another object of my invention is also to provide a strong durablepackage that will not take up more room than the present usual mode ofpacking and will permit the'usual number of eggs to be shipped in acrate;

My device is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device. Fig. 2 is a similar Viewwith the inner case or drawer partly withdrawn, Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe inner section. Fig.4 is a section on or about the line 4: 4: ofFig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail View of one of the divisional strips.

In carrying out my invention I employ two cases A, open at both ends andsecured together by glue, cement, or other suitable means. The cases areoval'in cross-section, their vertical diameter being the longer afterthe cases are secured together. Along one side and adjacent the top ofthe cases are produced six rectangular openings; (Shown'at A.) Upon theother side of the casing and diametrically opposite area similar number.

of like openings A Fig. 4. As shown in Fig. 1, the upper series ofopenings are both produced on the forward side of the cases and I thelower series (not seen in this figure) are upon the rear side. It isobvious that by holding the cases so as to bring the rear open ings intothe same plane as the front opening with which they register the usercanlook through all the openings at practically the same time.

The drawer or inner case B is a half-seccase A, as clearly shown in Fig.2. This inner section has produced in it a series of openings 13, whichare adapted to register with the openings A The walls of this innersection are not of a sufficient height to obstruct the upper series ofopenings in the cases A. The two inner half-sections are connectedtogether at one end by a strip B there being a sufficient space betweenthe inner walls of the two sections to receive the inner walls of thetwo outer cases, as clearly shown at B in Fig. 3.

Between each of the openings B is secured an upright oval divisionalstrip C, the strips having lugs O projecting from their sides at rightangles to the body of thestrip and by which they. may be secured,preferably by glue 'or cement,.to the bottom and walls of in the innersections registerwiththe openings in the rear of the outers'ections andthat these last in turn are adapted to register with the openings in theupper forward part of the outer case, by holding'the deviceup to a lightall the eggs contained therein can be candled without opening thepackage or removing the eggs therefrom. It is also obvious that whereeach package carries twelve inner compartments one or more dozen eggscan be quickly and conveniently removed from the crateby lifting out therequired number of packages,

I the term package as used herein being applied to the completedevice,as shown in Fi 1.

' l t is of course evident that any number of openings can be producedin the walls of the cases and any number of divisional strips.

used; but a package adapted to hold twelve eggs is most convenient. Itis also obvious thatby changing the size of the cases my packages can beused for the transportation of fancy fruit, and when used for thispurpose the openings will permit inspection of each piece of fruitwithout having to handle the fruit itself.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a casing ovalin cross-section and having a series of openings produced along its sideadjacent the top, a series of openings diametrically opposite thefirst-mentioned series, a similar casing secured to one side of thefirst-described casing, inner halfsections secured together by across-piece at one end, adapted to slide in the casings, respectively,and divisional strips carried by the half-sections adapted to divide theouter cases into separate compartments, said half -seetions having aplurality of openings produced tions secured together and adapted toslide into the cases, respectively, said sections having a series ofopenings adapted to register with the openings in the case in which thesection slides, and divisional strips secured to the half-sections andadapted to divide each side of the package into a plurality ofcompartments.

RALPH \V. HURD.

Witnesses:

FLAVIUS F. HAYNEs, CHARLIE PRICE.

